Adam's brought a lethal encounter to the table this week, and we discuss character death in RPG's. We cover TPK's, liminality, and offer a defense of death rolls. Works cited this week include the luminous ponderings of Emmy Allen, and the firecracker of a game that is Brindlewood Bay. 

This week we dig into Rosie's encounter "This Damsel is in Distress!" We consider the status of women as victims in ttrpg's, and how we can make them as colourful as the villains they face.  You can find Rosie's Princess Stress Response tables, along with the Gelatinous Cube's thoughts on the prompt, right here: https://tinyurl.com/yc24cped

Adam and Rosie are back for a discussion of the pitfalls and potentials of living dungeons. We tour beastly bellies, disturb micro-ecologies, and welcome the grotesque. Watch where you step dear listener, it's extremely squelchy in the dungeon this week. 

For a special bonus episode Rosie hangs out with her fangs out, pondering the doomed land of Barovia. What is the curse in Curse of Strahd, and how does its horror draw the world together?

It's ghost stories for Candlemass this week on Gelatinous Cube, as we tackle Rosie's séance encounter The Spirits are Restless! We discuss Pre-Raphaelite ghosts and the artists who loved them, the magic of props and lighting, and a disaster at Castle Ravenloft.  SHOWNOTES: Our podcast host has changed things up and no longer embeds shownotes! Catastrophe! But you can find the encounters at gelatinouscast.blogspot.com

Team GC are getting AMBITIOUS this week, as Rosie and Adam discuss Rosie's fairytale adventure Red Riding.  We discuss the impossibility of originality, the benefits of tradition, and the general headaches of devising RPG's for publication. Then we check back in with the Gelatinous Cube for an encounter that considers how fame might bless and confound an adventuring party.  Check our show notes below for the full encounter write-up https://tinyurl.com/yc7cp7ss You can also get the 5e version of Rosie's adventure on Roll20!  https://tinyurl.com/sxu8thwj Title music: Shadows in the Night by Adrian Berenguer

We focus on the Weird in RPG's this week, as we contemplate Adam's bizarre chaos-demon confection The Whirlywhip. What makes a thing weird, and how can this quality enliven our games?  Then we trip over to the lovely folks from the OSR RPG group on Facebook for more weird and wonderful happenings.  Full encounter here Title music: Shadows in the Night by Adrian Berenguer

Rosie and Adam discuss Rosie's mushroom trap, and the importance of shrooms to fantasy and folklore. We ask why mushrooms are so alluring (clue: drugs), what makes a trap a trap, ponder mycophobia and consider how worlds emerge from small player actions. Oh, and there are goblins. There are always goblins. Then it's over to the Gelatinous Cube for a Weird woodland trance party encounter. Check our show notes below for the full encounter write-up https://tinyurl.com/te8u6dxp  Title music: Shadows in the Night by Adrian Berenguer     

This episode we talk Adam's dark fairytale farmyard encounter. Rosie and Ad discuss why the weird is privileged over the uncanny in RPG creation, horror in the familiar, and motivating players through moral appeals. They get into the virtues of over preparation and what do if your players sidestep an encounter than you've spent an age crafting. All that and a disturbing dinner party courtesy of the Gelatinous Cube. Check our show notes below for the full encounter write-up and the Gelatinous Cube's take on the prompt https://tinyurl.com/4c2tr38e Title music: Shadows in the Night by Adrian Berenguer

Merry met, friends! Revelations abound as we shine the divine light of Pelor on Rosie's favourite PC, Moonie the Cleric. Rosie and Ad discuss how players can "presence" their cleric's god to make games more surprising and fun, and explore how clerics tap into the deep magic that happens at the D&D table.   Check our show notes below for the full encounter write-up and the Gelatinous Cube's take on the prompt: a rescue mission that would test anyone's faith! https://tinyurl.com/44wc7jfk Title music: Shadows in the Night by Adrian Berenguer